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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Suffolk
Vessel type
Motor Yacht
Archive reason
More information required
Current use
Unknown
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Beavis, Frank, Gosport
Built in
1924
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.00
feet
(3.05
m)
Depth
4.00
feet
(1.22
m)
Length: Overall
42.23
feet
(12.88
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
MAH JONGG is a twin screw day yacht, built by Frank Bevis at Gosport in 1924. Stamps in her official papers indicate that she transited the Kiel Canal to and from the Baltic in June and July 1939.
During the Second World War, she was requisitioned for Naval use in Gibraltar. MAH JONGG was rescued from disuse on the Thames in 1968 when she was bought by David Prior who redesigned and rebuilt her. She was re-registered at Plymouth and sold to another private owner in 1986.
We are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel, past or present, please contact us.
Sources
Classic Boat: Letters: Anyone seen Mah?, October 1999
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